titubo

See also: titubò

Catalan

Verb

titubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of titubar

Italian

Verb

titubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of titubare

Latin

Etymology

From a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).[1] Compare Latin stupeō.

Pronunciation

Verb

titubō (present infinitive titubāre, perfect active titubāvī, supine titubātum); first conjugation

  1. to stagger, totter, reel
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.539:
      cum redeunt, titubant et sunt spectācula volgī
      When they return, they stagger, and they're a [drunken] spectacle for onlookers
      (The ancient Romans celebrated the festival of Anna Perenna on the Ides of March.)
  2. to hesitate, falter, waver

Conjugation

   Conjugation of titubō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present titubō titubās titubat titubāmus titubātis titubant
imperfect titubābam titubābās titubābat titubābāmus titubābātis titubābant
future titubābō titubābis titubābit titubābimus titubābitis titubābunt
perfect titubāvī titubāvistī titubāvit titubāvimus titubāvistis titubāvērunt,
titubāvēre
pluperfect titubāveram titubāverās titubāverat titubāverāmus titubāverātis titubāverant
future perfect titubāverō titubāveris titubāverit titubāverimus titubāveritis titubāverint
passive present titubor titubāris,
titubāre 		titubātur titubāmur titubāminī titubantur
imperfect titubābar titubābāris,
titubābāre 		titubābātur titubābāmur titubābāminī titubābantur
future titubābor titubāberis,
titubābere 		titubābitur titubābimur titubābiminī titubābuntur
perfect titubātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect titubātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect titubātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present titubem titubēs titubet titubēmus titubētis titubent
imperfect titubārem titubārēs titubāret titubārēmus titubārētis titubārent
perfect titubāverim titubāverīs titubāverit titubāverīmus titubāverītis titubāverint
pluperfect titubāvissem titubāvissēs titubāvisset titubāvissēmus titubāvissētis titubāvissent
passive present tituber titubēris,
titubēre 		titubētur titubēmur titubēminī titubentur
imperfect titubārer titubārēris,
titubārēre 		titubārētur titubārēmur titubārēminī titubārentur
perfect titubātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect titubātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — titubā — — titubāte —
future — titubātō titubātō — titubātōte titubantō
passive present — titubāre — — titubāminī —
future — titubātor titubātor — — titubantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present titubāre titubārī titubāns —
future titubātūrum esse titubātum īrī titubātūrus titubandus
perfect titubāvisse titubātum esse — titubātus
future perfect — titubātum fore — —
perfect potential titubātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
titubandī titubandō titubandum titubandō titubātum titubātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: titubar
  • English: titubate
  • French: tituber
  • Galician: titubear
  • Italian: titubare
  • Spanish: titubear
  • Portuguese: titubear

References

  • “titubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “titubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • titubo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “titubo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 686

Spanish

Verb

titubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of titubar
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